[R] Can I use R for comertial projects for free?

[Jeff Newmiller]

The "contamination" of other code by GPL is not absolute... it _is_ possible to use GPL code without releasing your code similarly, and blithely suggesting otherwise perpetuates myths about GPL.

That said, it is very tricky to do so while presenting a clean user experience, and doing so is likely to raise objections on the part of consumers of your commercial product unless you do it right. The appropriate response here is to reccommend consultation with a lawyer familiar with these issues.

Informally, I would recommend against doing this from a user experience perspective... but not because of contamination.

On April 21, 2020 9:12:51 AM PDT, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>On 21/04/2020 11:11 a.m., dmitry sergey wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I kindly interesting can i use R for commercial projects for free? I
>am
>> going to get statistics in my commercial project with R and wanted to
>know
>> will it be legal or no?
>
>If you are distributing R as part of your project, then you will need
>to 
>license your project in a compatible way, e.g. GPL, and distribute its 
>full source.  Nothing stopping you from doing that commercially.
>
>Duncan Murdoch
>
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Dmitry
>> 
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